First Day at Homeschool Umbrella School, Reflections

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Dear Mocha Family,

I know a homeschool mom who stopped considering herself a homeschooler when she sent her kids to Towle Institute for high school. I wonder if her perspective is one of the reasons Towle is so clear that classes meeting one day a week, offering instruction for one hour per subject, as opposed to students receiving multiple hours over the course of a week, can't replace our responsibility as homeschooling parents to be the primary teachers of our children.

I am so excited for the support and structure I am gaining from Towle, and share in detail (above video) some of the benefits we are already enjoying. I am struck by how much my needs have changed over the years, in that I never would have imagined myself appreciating this much structure and oversight. Yet in this season and with this particular child, I am so happy to have access to such a situation.

Change is exciting.

Be blessed!

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Please leave that baby's hair alone!

I'll never forget the first time I saw Mocha Girl One (HmG) . She was an emergency c-section, and had to spend several days in NICU. She was born four days past her estimated due date and looked huge in her incubator. I imagined her to be especially delicate and feminine. I couldn't wait to frill her up, and more importantly to do her hair ! The only reason she wasn't sporting a barrette the day we took her home from the hospital, was because the one I brought to match her lacey outfit, slid right out. Mocha Girl One's baby hair was silky straight and fine. As the weeks rolled by, it became wavier until she had a lovely curly fro. I washed it all the time . I brushed it several times a day . I tried snap clips, and moved to velcro barrets when the clips slid out. I bought a different head band for every outfit. Meanwhile her curls continued to wind tighter and tighter. I kept everything in a pretty box, dubbed the hair bin . I was really frustrated at not b...

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